Biographies and Memoirs

The Three Empresses: Catherine I, Anne, and Elizabeth of Russia

Philip Longworth. The Three Empresses: Catherine I, Anne, and Elizabeth of Russia. An interesting, perhaps not pc, look at the three women who ruled Russia in the first half of the 18th century. From the back cover: "A sot, a sadist, and a nymphomaniac"...

Anton Chekhov: A Brother's Memoir

Anton Chekhov: A Brother's Memoir. Mikhail Chekhov shares his memories and insights, while transporting readers into the world of the Chekhov family. He visits the places where his brother lived and worked and introduces the people he knew and loved,...

The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II

Edvard Radzinsky. The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II.  Russian historian and author Radzinsky mines sources never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the last Tsar of Russia, and sets out a minute-by-minute...

Royal Russia: The Private Albums Of The Russian Imperial Family

James B. Lovell, Carol Townend. Royal Russia: The Private Albums Of The Russian Imperial Family. A unique compilation of 140 rare or previously unpublished photographs from the Romanovs' albums captures an intimate portrait of their private and public...

A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra [UK edition]

Andrei Maylunas and Sergei Mironenko, editors. A Lifelong Passion: Nicolas and Alexandra, Their Own Story. Translated from original documents by Darya Galy. British edition. A Lifelong Passion begins in 1884 with the couple's first childhood meeting...

Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses

Helen Rappaport. Four Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Romanov Grand Duchesses. This popular book, by the popular Romanov author Helen Rappaport (b. 1947-), draws extensively on previously unseen or unpublished letters, diaries and archival sources, as...

Memoirs of Count Bernstorff [1936]

Memoirs of Count Bernstorff. Translated from the German by Eric Sutton. Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff (1862-1939) was a German ambassador, politician, and all-around prime mover and shaker in the early 20th century. His father, Albrecht Graf von...

Alexandra Kollontai. Lonely Struggle of the Woman Who Defied Lenin.

Alexandra Kollontai. The Lonely Struggle of the Woman Who Defied Lenin. Cathy Porter. NY: Dial Press, 1980. Alexandra Kollontai (1872-1952) was the only woman in Vladimir Lenin's government. She was the first woman to be a cabinet minister, and the...

Pushkin: Man and His Age (biography)

Pushkin: The Man and His Age. Robin Edmonds. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1995. 1st edition. 303 pages. Index, chronology, bibliography, chapter notes. 1 copy only. Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin's (1799-1837) short and dramatic life is at odds with his...

Alexander of Russia {Henri Troyat]

Henri Troyat. Alexander of Russia: Napoleon's Conqueror. 1982. Paperback, part of the Grove Great Lives Series. 336 pages. Used, like new. Touch of wear at the extremities, sound binding, no names or writing. In Paris and London, the crowds hailed him as...

Autobiography of John Hays Hammond [1935]

The Autobiography of John Hays Hammond. Volume II. NY: Farrar, Rinehart, 1935. First edition. Green cloth hardcover, gilt title on front cover, gilt titles on spine (not very visible due to sunning). Illustrations, bibliography and an extensive index...

Kyra Petrovskaya [1961]

Kyra Petrovskaya (1918-2018) was a Russian-American actress and author. Her autobiography chronicles Russian history from 1920 to the present day. She was descended from nobility, had a stage career in Russia, and ultimately survived the Siege of...

Nicholas II: The Last Tsar [Photobiography]

Marvin Lyons. Edited by Andrew Wheatcroft. Nicholas II: The Last Tsar. This was one of the first, and is still one of the best, photobiographies on the remarkable life of Tsar Nicholas II and his family, spanning the years 1870 to 1918. The London...

Tolstoy: The Making Of A Novelist [Crankshaw]

Tolstoy: The Making Of A Novelist. Edward Crankshaw. NY: Viking (Studio Press), 1974. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket in a protective clear Mylar cover. Illustrated by a wealth of portraits, prints, drawings, photographs and documents. 276...

Peter the Great: His Life and World [Massie]

Peter the Great: His Life and World. Robert K. Massie. NY: Knopf, 1980. 1st edition. 909 pages. Illustrated with 24 pages of photos, including 8 in color and 13 maps, as well as map endpapers. Hardcover with very good unclipped dustjacket in a clear...

The Romanovs: 1613-1918

The Romanovs: 1613-1918. Well-received and well-reviewed mammoth overview of three centuries of the Romanovs by Cambridge-educated historian S. Montefiore, who combines rigorous intellectual scholarship with the storyteller talents of a novelist, which...

Alexander Dolgun's story: An American in the Gulag

Alexander Dolgun's story: An American in the Gulag. NY: Knopf, 1975. Stated 1st edition. 370 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket (not price-clipped) in a protective Mylar jacket cover. About fine condition. 1 copy only. In 1948, Alexander Dolgun...

Man Who Killed Rasputin

Greg King. The Man Who Killed Rasputin: Prince Youssoupov and the Murder That Helped Bring Down the Russian Empire. Felix Youssoupov (aka Prince Felix Felixovich Yusupov) was rich, second in wealth only to the Romanovs. In 1916. his family owned four...

Russian Blood [Memoir]

CYBER MONDAY WEEK SPECIAL! Russian Blood. In the early 1980s, Alex Shoumatoff became curious about the history of his family. At that time, both his grandmothers were in their 90s. With a heightened sense of urgency, Shoumatoff collected their stories...

Education of a Princess. A Memoir by Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia

Education of a Princess. A Memoir by Marie, Grand Duchess of Russia. Translated From the French & Russian under the editorial supervision of Russell Lord. NY: Viking Press, 1931. Hardcover, 1st edition, 7th printing. 388 pages. Decorative map...